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    HADRIAN’S WALL

    Aug 06, 2020 2 minutes

    Completed around AD 128, this 73-mile stone wall protected the Roman Empire’s northern frontier in Britannia. Believed to have been commissioned by Emperor Hadrian (its namesake), the wall took six years to build and was about 3m wide. Stretching from coast to coast, the wall had a ditch running

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